Pilotage

Compulsory on all vessels over 40m LOA. Exemption Certificates available from Harbour Master
VTS Channel 12

Approx annual tonnage

N/A

Principal traffic

The separate operations managed by Peel Ports Great Yarmouth oversees the handling of general,

Bulk and project cargo

Offshore oil and gas and offshore renewables

warehousing and stevedoring services

Also, it has a long tradition as a general and project cargo port handling a wide range of cargoes including aggregates, cement, grain, fertilisers, forest products, dry and liquid bulks, pipeline and onshore wind farm equipment.

Access/Accommodation

FACILITIES RIVER PORT

Access No locks or bridges
Maximum vessel size
Beam 28m LOA 110m Draft 5.7*
DWT Up to 5,000
Nº of berths 36
Total berth length 3,000m
* Obtain advice as to how combinations of listed parameters can be accommodated.

Access:
Direct from sea, no locks or bridges

Outer Harbour
Maximum vessel size
Beam 45m LOA 200m Draft 10.5m*
DWT: Up to 30,000
Nº of berths dependent on vessel LOA
Total berth length: 1,000m developed
* Obtain advice as to how combinations of listed parameters can be accommodated.

Facilities & services

Great Yarmouth Port Authority (GYPA) is a Trust Port. It is the harbour authority for the port of Great Yarmouth and is the reversionary landlord of the port estate. GYPA employs the marine pilots at the port.

In 2007 GYPA leased the port of Great Yarmouth to the Great Yarmouth Port Company Ltd. (GYPC) for 99 years pursuant to section 43 of the Great Yarmouth Outer Harbour Act of 1986. The construction of the outer harbour was completed in 2010.

As a result of this transaction, GYPC became the owner and operator of the port business and the employer of the management and staff at the port previously employed by GYPA (with the exception of the marine pilots). GYPC acts as agent for GYPA in the discharge of its statutory duty as harbour authority. As part of the DfT guidance on the Port Marine Safety Code the GYPC director responsible as the Duty Holder for Marine Safety is Mr Richard Goffin, Port Director, Peel Ports Great Yarmouth.

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